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(No Model) I G. HIGINSON & U. DE BAUN.

CIDER AND WINE PRESS.

Patented Apr. 14, 1885.

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DAVID G. HIGINSON, OF SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK, AND CORNELIUS S. DE BAUN,OF WESTWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

CIDER AND WINE PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,78 dated April 14,1885.

Application filed November 4, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID G. HIGINSON, of Spring Valley, in the countyof Rockland and State of New York, and OoaNELIUs S.

DE BAUN, of \Vestwood, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cider and ine Presses, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis specification, and which is a sectional side elevation of one ofour improved presses.

The object of this invention is to provide cider and wine presses simpleand inexpensive in construction, convenient in use, and effective inoperation.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinas after fully described.

A. represents the frame of the press, which may be made of any desiredor convenient length, breadth, and height. B G are two rollers of anydesired size, and which we pre- 2 5 for to face with rubber. The rollers13 O are placed one above the other, and their journals revolve in slotsin standards D, formed in or attached to the frame A. The upper roller,

0, or both rollers B O, are made heavy, and

upon the journals of the said upper roller are placed half-bearings E,upon which rest the lower ends of spiral springs F, upon the upper endsof which rest plates, against which bear the ends of hand-screws G. Thehandscrews G pass through screw-holes in the caps H of the slottedstandards D, so that the upper roller, G, can be held down with anydesired pressure, and will be allowed to rise should a hard substancepass between the said 0 rollers B G. The springs F can be replaced byweights, if desired.

Between the rollers B 0 passes the upper part of an endless belt, I,made of canvas or other suitable material, which passes around 5 tworollers, J K, j ournaled to supports at the ends of the frame A.

\Vith the frame A or other suitable support at the forward end of themachine is connected an ordinary grater, L, from which the pomace 5ofalls upon the belt I, and is carried by the said belt between therollers B C. The juice expressed from the pomace passes through themeshes or off the side edges of the belt I and falls into ahopper-shaped spout, M, secured to the lower part of the frame A, andflows from the discharge-opening of the said spout M into a tank, S, orother receiver placed beneath it. The poniace falls from the belt I atthe rear end of" the machine. The belt I receives motion from the lowerroller, B, which is driven by a belt, N, passing around a pulley, 0,attached to a journal of the said roller, and around a pulley, P,attached to the shaft of the grater L. If desired, the driving power canbe applied to one of the end rollers, J K. 6 If desired, a secondendless belt, T, can be used, the lower part of which passes between therollers B G, and which passes around rollers Q R, journaled to supportsat the front and rear upper parts of the frame A, to pre c vent theponiace from adhering to the upper roller, 0. l-Vith this constructionthe juice will be expressed from the pomace as it comes from the graterin a continuous operation, and all handling of the poniace will beavoided.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- I. A cider and wine press constructedsubstantially as herein shown and described, and 8 consisting of thespringpressed rollers B G, endless belt T and its guide-rollers QR, theendless belt I audits guide-rollers J K, and the hopper-shaped spout M,extending below the belt Ifrom roller .I to roller K, as set forth. 85

2. The combination, with a grater, L, of the endless belt I below thegrater, guide-rollers J K, the spring-pressed pressurerollers B C, theendless belt T, the guide-rollers Q R, and a driving mechanism, and thehopper-shaped o spout M, extending below the entire lower surface of thebelt I, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the juicewill be expressed from the pomace as it comes from the grater in acontinuous operation, as set forth. 9 5

DAVID G. HIGINSON. CORNELIUS S. DE BAUN.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWICK.

